MILESTONES: October 17, birthdays for Eminem, Wyclef Jean, Alan Jackson,
NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include golfer ERNIE ELS, who was born in 1969; musician, rapper and actor EMINEM, who was born in 1972; scientist and astronaut MAE JEMISON, who was born in 1956; comedian and actor NORM MACDONALD, who was born in 1959; actor MICHAEL McKEAN, who was born in 1947; sportscaster, football coach, former football player and former professional wrestler STEVE McMICHAEL, who was born in 1957; newspaper columnist and film reviewer RICHARD ROEPER, who was born in 1959; and actor GEORGE WENDT, who was born in 1948.
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ROBERT KNIEVEL, KNOWN BY HIS NICKNAME “EVEL,” WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1938. He gained worldwide fame as a stunt performer, conceiving of and executing a series of increasingly outlandish motorcycle jumps throughout the 1970s that often resulted in crashes and broken bones. Knievel died in 2007.